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  • Karnataka Police Chief, Praveen Sood to be next CBI Director for 2 years

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    Karnataka Police Chief, Praveen Sood to be next CBI Director for 2 years

    The CBI Director is appointed by a committee comprised of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India, and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for a two-year term. 

    Digital Desk: Praveen Sood, the head
    of police in Karnataka, has been appointed as the next director of the Central
    Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He will take over for current director Subodh
    Kumar Jaiswal, whose term will expire on May 25.



    color:#2E2E2E">Mr. Sood made headlines in March when Karnataka Congress chairman
    DK Shivakumar accused him of shielding the state's BJP government. Mr. Shivakumar demanded the arrest of the state's Director General of Police,
    stating that he was filing criminal charges against Congress leaders.



    The CBI Director is
    appointed by a committee comprised of the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of
    India, and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha for a two-year term.
    The appointment can be extended for up to five years.